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Welcome to
McCowans Family Lawyers
Recent significant changes to the Family Law
Act may impact on you, depending on your
circumstances. Those changes include major
amendments creating new law for de facto
property settlement, including property
settlements for same sex couples and creating
rights for de facto couples to claim maintenance
against one another.
Our Family Law expert
team is headed by Suzanne Harrison who is one of
Queensland's senior and most respected family
law practitioners, and an Accredited Family Law
Specialist with 25 years family and relationship
law experience. Family law is a unique area of
legal practice. For us, guiding our
client's through difficult times involves more
than just legal skills. It requires
empathy, awareness and understanding. You can
depend on us for down to earth legal advice and
be confident that we will do everything possible
to get you the best result in the least
stressful way.
We will support
by:-
- Listening to you and
understanding your needs;
- Working quickly and
thoroughly to achieve the best possible results
for you;
- Communicating clearly
and keeping you up to date;
- Working hard for a
negotiated resolution, however if this is not
possible, vigorously protecting your rights
through the Courts.
McCowans Family
Lawyers is a member of Law Australasia, a
network of independent law firms throughout
Australia and New Zealand. This allows us
to draw on the combined resources of many law
firms to provide you with a superior
service.
If you are
separated or considering separation, it
is important to seek legal advice at an early
stage, particularly with property settlements as
time limits apply. To get
started, call us on (07)5531 4444
or alternatively, click here.
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